Revered today as, perhaps, the greatest of Renaissance painters, Leonardo da Vinci was a scientist at heart. This book looks at the mystery of the 'Mona Lisa', takes us through the many facets of Leonardo's fascination with water, and explains the true significance of his dream of flying.
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"(Stefan Klein) provides some fascinating insights into modern research, the painstaking reconstructions of the existing notebooks and papers that have led to many new discoveries, but above all this informative guide provides the general reader with a rounded and detailed portrait of da Vinci and his times"
--The Bookseller, 16th April 2010
'(t)he book is full of intriguing connections, such as that between scientific experiment and caricature, which both simplify to a relevant essence.'
--The Guardian
Stefan Klein is a leading European science writer whose influential publications have won numerous awards. He is the author of the international bestseller The Science of Happiness and The Secret Pulse of Time. He lives in Berlin, Germany.
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